This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness. ― Dalai Lama XIV

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sleep is the most innocent creature there is and a sleepless man the most guilty.

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I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.- Oscar Wilde

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This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity. ― Joseph Stalin

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Man is what he believes.

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Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible-controlling that which we cannot-and instead, focus on what is possible-which usually means taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness, and love, as much as possible.

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There is only one way of not hating those who do us wrong, and that is by doing them good.

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Happiness calls out responsive gladness in others. There is enough sadness in the world without yours ... never doubt the excellence and permanence of what is yet to be. Join the great company of those who make the barren places of life fruitful with kindness. _ Helen Keller

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Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains.

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If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember

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